Source: SITA Launch of the new AI-powered platform follows a successful demonstration in 2023 with Canada's Greater Toronto Airports Authority SITA, a leading technology company in the air transport industry, has launched its trailblazing airport management tool, the SITA Airport Operations Total Optimizer, during the Passenger Terminal Expo 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany. Total Optimizer harnesses AI and the principles of Total Airport Management to optimize holistically, across a variety of airport functions. Over the past decade, airports have managed to optimize individual airport functions. However, these individual optimisations are not well synchronised with each other. Teams, systems, procedures and KPIs all conflict with one another and significantly reduce efficiencies, costing airports millions of dollars per year. Airport staff in a [...]

Source: Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport’s new summer schedule will come into force on March 31, in tandem with the changeover to daylight saving time in Germany. The coming summer season will see a total of 83 airlines flying to 283 destinations in 90 countries around the world. This means Frankfurt Airport (FRA) will remain Germany’s most important international aviation hub with the largest number of intercontinental destinations. The summer schedule will apply until October 27. The new timetable includes additional European destinations. In Norway, Harstad/Narvik Airport (EVE), serving the Lofoten archipelago, will enjoy non-stop flights from Frankfurt for the first time in summer 2024: passengers can fly twice a week to this destination on Discover Airlines (4Y) from May 16. [...]

Source: MIA What do the Miami Marine Stadium, Miami Dade College’s North and South campuses, and Havana’s legendary Nautical Club (Club Náutico) have in common?  They were all designed by Cuban architects who fled the island after the Cuban Revolution. They are also some of the structures photographed by Miami-based Cuban American photographer Silvia Ros that are featured in Connecting Concrete: Modernist Architecture from Havana to Miami, the latest exhibition at Miami International Airport’sCameraWorks Gallery at gates D22 and D25. On display through June 10, Connecting Concrete is the latest collaboration between Ros and art director, designer, and writer Tim Hossler. As a child of Cuban refugees, Ros is particularly interested in how Miami's built environment has been shaped by its [...]

Source: YEG Edmonton International Airport supports land restoration in Alberta  On United Nations International Day of Forests, Edmonton International Airport (YEG) has celebrated its leadership in eco-responsibility, committed to protecting lands and biodiversity in the region. With environmental stewardship at the forefront of airport operations, YEG partnered with Edmonton-based Wild + Pine in 2021 as part of its Airport City Sustainability Campus. In 2023, the airport invested in the StoneWoods Forest Carbon Project to plant 50,000 tree seedlings, restoring 61 acres of land, about the size of one of YEG's runways and the terminal building.  Wild + Pine planted the seedlings as part of this pioneering afforestation carbon removal project in Central Alberta. The seedlings used in the project contained a [...]

Source: ACI World ACI World releases its flagship World Airport Traffic Forecasts 2023–2052 Airports Council International (ACI) World today releases the annual World Airport Traffic Forecasts (WATF) 2023­–2052 dataset, showing the Top 20 markets for air travel demand among other key air traffic findings. The latest WATF extends its horizon by an impressive 10 years, offering a comprehensive 30-year perspective on airport traffic forecasts at global, regional, and country levels. The flagship resource covers data sourced from 141 countries, introducing 29 new countries, to provide granular forecasts for passengers, air cargo volumes (in metric tonnes) and aircraft movements. ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira said: "The projections indicate that global passenger traffic is set to reach 9.7 billion by [...]

Source: Aena This is 16.2% higher than in 2022 and 2.9% better than in 2019 In the words of the Chairman and CEO of Aena, Maurici Lucena, “these record figures in air transport are fundamental for the economic and social development of Spain. We should all congratulate ourselves for these results. Airlines which, like Aena, suffered the harsh consequences of the pandemic, are now transporting more passengers than ever”. In December, more than 20.1 million passengers were carried, 12.8% more than in the same month of 2022 and 10.6% more than in 2019 In 2023, there were 2,403,918 aircraft movements and 1,079,676 tonnes of cargo were transported across the network The airports of the Aena network in Spain have closed [...]